Doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
Amidst global political and economic fragility, the downturn in the Germany economy adds to the uncertainty in a world that, as Paul Krugman put it, has a “Germany problem”. It raises questions over the future of the largest European economy, and of the Eurozone and Europe as a whole.
Successful economic development in Palestine will require an adequate theory of development, industrial policy, and institutional reforms
Contrary to recent claims that Germany has ‘quietly rebalanced’ its economy since the Eurozone crisis began, when German policy is viewed from a more long-term perspective, there has been little in the way of meaningful rebalancing
Despite the notion of hyper-globalisation, most trade happens with countries in close geographic proximity. Tendencies towards regionalisation and the UK’s strong dependence on EU imports seem to have been forgotten in the Brexit debate
Coordinated policy actions are needed to tame dominant corporate power and rent-seeking